resizing images with CTR
Moderators: FourthWorld, heatherlaine, Klaus, kevinmiller
-
- Posts: 7
- Joined: Sat Jul 06, 2019 10:04 am
resizing images with CTR
pressing the shift key While resizing images keeps the aspect ratio the same but I don't understand why someone would want to use the control key when resizing images.
Can someone explain some real-world examples of where CTR resizing would be used?
Can someone explain some real-world examples of where CTR resizing would be used?
Re: resizing images with CTR
???
At least not here on my Mac, here the context menu pops up (like a right-click) when pressing the CTRL key BEFORE resizing and does nothing when pressing immediately after I begin to resize.
Sorry, don't get it!? The Control key does NOTHING when holding while resizing an image!TomKeane123 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2019 8:48 ampressing the shift key While resizing images keeps the aspect ratio the same but I don't understand why someone would want to use the control key when resizing images.
Can someone explain some real-world examples of where CTR resizing would be used?
At least not here on my Mac, here the context menu pops up (like a right-click) when pressing the CTRL key BEFORE resizing and does nothing when pressing immediately after I begin to resize.
-
- VIP Livecode Opensource Backer
- Posts: 9655
- Joined: Wed May 06, 2009 2:28 pm
- Location: New York, NY
Re: resizing images with CTR
Confirmed as Klaus said, though I am also on a Mac.
Craig
Craig
Re: resizing images with CTR
On Linux (and I suspect Windows), you can indeed hold the CTRL key before clicking a resize handle, which acts like more of a cropping than a resizing, in that it moves only the outside frame of the image object.
I can think of many times where you might want to crop something instead of resizing it.
You guys don't get that on the Mac? I am surprised
TomKeane123 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2019 8:48 amCan someone explain some real-world examples of where CTR resizing would be used?
I can think of many times where you might want to crop something instead of resizing it.
You guys don't get that on the Mac? I am surprised
Re: resizing images with CTR
AHA!
On the Mac the CMD key does the cropping.
On the Mac the CMD key does the cropping.
Re: resizing images with CTR
Ahhhhhhhhhhh. Wierd
Re: resizing images with CTR
Weird? Only for non Mac users.
Re: resizing images with CTR
No, I mean weird as in I thought the cmd key on mac was the control key on everything else, so ...
weird as in why would you bother to put a control key on the keyboard?
I'll readily admit to not having used a mac since my mac plus
weird as in why would you bother to put a control key on the keyboard?
I'll readily admit to not having used a mac since my mac plus
Re: resizing images with CTR
Well, the macOS has a LOT of keyboard shortcuts that involve the CTRL and CMD key!
-
- Livecode Opensource Backer
- Posts: 9375
- Joined: Fri Feb 19, 2010 10:17 am
- Location: Bulgaria
Re: resizing images with CTR
Not ALL keyboards are created equal:
- -
Wonder why I cannot find a USB keyboard with a SHIFT LOCK key: it's dead useful.
Seriously, though . . . these are the ONLY keyboards I use with Macintosh computers:
- -
the CTRL, ALT & CMD keys can clearly be seen on either side of the SPACE bar.
- -
Wonder why I cannot find a USB keyboard with a SHIFT LOCK key: it's dead useful.
Seriously, though . . . these are the ONLY keyboards I use with Macintosh computers:
- -
the CTRL, ALT & CMD keys can clearly be seen on either side of the SPACE bar.
-
- Livecode Opensource Backer
- Posts: 9375
- Joined: Fri Feb 19, 2010 10:17 am
- Location: Bulgaria
Re: resizing images with CTR
While pressing the CTRL, ALT or COMMAND key on a Macintosh
will NOT yield a rawKey code, you can
check for this by using:
and the Dictionary claims that commandKey and controlKey are synonymous,
which makes me wonder how one detects if the CTRL key on a Macintosh is down.
will NOT yield a rawKey code, you can
check for this by using:
Code: Select all
if the controlKey() is down then
---- do something
end if
which makes me wonder how one detects if the CTRL key on a Macintosh is down.